Mafia and Doctor

Chapter 2

During soccer practice is when everything started to go to deeper hell. Jasper accidentally tripped George, who retaliated by kicking his legs. Thankfully, Jasper has legs of steel so it didn't hurt him too badly. Next, there was the fact that Coach decided he hates the kids enough that he's making Enzo and Alex co-captains of the main team. As a result, the two of them argued over what exercises the sophomores would be doing. Somewhere during the argument, Coach had gotten between the teens and pulled them apart. Finally, there was the problem of Giovanni and Nick having at each other as a delayed response of history class.
"We've only been on this field for 10 minutes," Caspian exclaimed.
"Clearly that doesn't matter to them! They're still fighting," Jasper pointed out.
Nick threw a punch at Giovanni's jaw. Gio saw it coming and leaned back so, the fist swiped air. Unfortunately, neither of them had noticed that Enzo was standing next to them, arguing with Alex. It went deadly silent before Gio, Jasper, and Laurent rushed to Enzo's side. Celestino, immediately, was onto Nick like a dog on a squirrel.
"I am fine," Enzo exclaimed. However, even Caspian looked a little skeptical about how fine he was.
"Marinelli, it looks painful," Alex whistled. He smirked and went to protect his best friend from the angry Celestino.
"Shit Enzo, it's already starting to bruise on the top of the other bruises from today," Jasper whispered, running his hand gently over the bruises on Enzo's face. Coach ran over to the teens, with the school nurse following him. She put ice on Enzo's face and wrapped Nick's hand while eyeing the other teens with a critical eye. After the nurse had left, they realized that the sophomores were there and probably had seen the entire thing unfold.
"Alright, boys! Let's see if you have what it takes to be one of us," Alex yelled, taking the attention off of Enzo. Enzo shot Alex a grateful look and walked off to get the soccer balls from the sports closet. Alex sent Oliver with him to make sure he didn't get lost coming back. Enzo threw a finger up. Coach warned the sophomores that this is what they would be entering if they try out and make it to the final team. Everyone on the field laughed and tryouts could start.
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It was after tryouts were finished and completed so Alex and Enzo were discussing which players they could add to the roster this year, in a pizza place. Their friends were sitting at different tables but close to the German and the Italian so they could butt in if needed.
"No way! He couldn't score to save his life," Alex crossed a line over one guy's name. Enzo scoffed and circled the same name on his list.
"I'm putting him on the maybe list."
"Marinelli, come on! We need to pick players that do more than the basics!"
"Schmidt, stop kidding yourself! We're all graduating this year, we need players that can keep our legacy going!"
"Exactly! They need to keep our legacy going! Half of these guys can't do that!"
"Hey, Alex, Enzo! What about this kid?" Giovanni handed the co-captains his phone. On it was a video of one of the players, one of the better players.
"Dude, he's like David Beckham! Schieße," Nick commented. Alex nodded and turned to Gio.
"Who is he?"
"Uhm....Taylor Fireheart."
"According to his school file, Taylor is an exchange student from Australia. His mother is a paramedic and his father is a firefighter. They moved here to California a few years ago. He's an A and B student with a few previous Cs," Oliver read off his phone.
"Do you just hack the school system for fun," Jasper asked, looking over Oliver's shoulder. Oliver chuckled but nodded.
"How do you think these idiots are still on the soccer team? If it weren't me, Alex and George definitely wouldn't be on the team." Oliver whispered.
"If you kids are going to be here, at least order something," Celestino's mother came up the tables. Giovanni ordered an extra-large turkey pepperoni with olives and banana pepper pizza for everyone as well as a medium chicken with extra cheese pizza for Enzo.
"What if we wanted something else," Alex asked, glancing at Giovanni.
"Trust me, Schmidt. When you try this, you'll want it every time you come here," Giovanni pat Alex's shoulder and sat back down at the Marinelli crew table.
"So who else are we drafting onto the second team," George demanded. Enzo looked down at Alex's list and the drafting system went back online.
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Nick drove into Alex's driveway, in front of Alex's driveway, where Alex had parked. The Schmidt crew decided, after the team meeting in the pizza place, that they would drive to Alex's house to chill and play video games for the rest of the day.
"Yo, Alex, is your mom home," Oliver asked as soon as everyone was in the house. Alex shook his head before closing the garage door and putting his keys away. "Great! Do you know if she bought those chocolate bars we have been obsessing over?"
"Yeah, they're in the secret drawer in the extra bedroom. As soon as I saw them, I hid them there. " Alex pointed at where the bedroom was, even though all the guys already knew it's located. Oliver saluted and walked into the room. Nick put his backpack down and flopped down onto the couch. He pressed the PS4 button on the controller and threw another one at George.
"I'm going to start my homework like a good student. Alex, I'm taking over your room," Caspian yelled over his shoulder as he ran upstairs. Alex shook his head and went to sit on the edge of the couch to watch Nick get beaten by George once again.
"Never realized how much I missed these after school hangouts with you guys until just now," Alex stated, putting his smelly socked feet on Nick's thighs. The other German groaned but didn't say anything nor did he try to move his feet.
"God, summer was awful without you guys! My dad kept grilling me about how I need more friends than the bad influences I have now," Oliver said, around the chocolate bar in his mouth. Alex stole the half that Oliver was still holding and shoved it all in his mouth.
"I feel bad for your future girlfriend! You absolute animal," Nick slapped the back of Alex's head. George barked in laughter but kept his focus on the game in front of them.
"She is going to have a hard time not getting annoyed with you." George snarked. The four of them laughed and ended up in tears.
"You guys are assholes. Complete and utter assholes! God, how do I deal with you dicks?" Alex pushed Nick and George, who both smirked at the older German.
"Because you love us, Alex. Just admit it," George teased him.
"No, I fucking do not. Okay well maybe I love Oli and Cas but, you fucking assholes I do not love." Alex stood up and waltzed to where Oliver was eating more chocolate in the middle of the room.
Nick made kiss sounds as Alex slung an arm around Oli and together they went to the kitchen.
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The next day, Nick and his friends arrived at school with 30 minutes left until class started. He saw Enzo parking his Jeep in a parking spot a little farther from them and Jasper getting out of the passenger seat. Then, he saw Enzo go to the back, move a duffel bag out of the way, and get their backpacks out. George came up next to Nick and followed his line of sight to where now Celestino and Giovanni had joined the duo.
"All you have to do is walk over and talk to him. It's really not that difficult, Nick," whispered George.
"They all hate us. Even if I wanted to make friends with him, the others would definitely circle around us like sharks to fish."
"Never know until you try," Caspian butt in.
"Allow me to remind you all that Alex hates Enzo and therefore will not appreciate it if one of us tries to make friends with the other group. Now excuse me, I'm taking my leave. Goodbye," Oliver waved and turned on his heels to face Alex's retreating figure.
"Ugh, I hate when he's right. Alright, come on, boys," George turned and walked away as well.
"Here's to me wishing today will be a much better day than this past couple of days," Caspian prays.
"Sorry to burst your bubble but, there is more of a chance of hell freezing over," commented Nick.
"We all have dreams, Nicholas!"
Meanwhile, where the other group was, Jasper and Celestino were having an intense conversation about Halloween.
"We're college seniors! We don't do this 'trick-or-treating' garbage anymore," argued Celestino.
"Nope! I don't care. I'm tricking or treating and that's that," Jasper waved away Celestino and went to stand with the two Italians.
"So is that conversation now over? Have you agreed on whether to dress up like dorks or not?" Giovanni looked at the two teens walking to them.
"I'm dressing up and Tino is a big party pooper!"
"Am not! I'm just choosing to not steal candy from people's houses this year," exclaimed Celestino.
"Just a reminder, idiots, it's September 16th. So, you can chill for now. Now let's go inside, please. It's not yet autumn but I'm freezing my butt off here," Enzo commented.
"You have your work tonight, right?" Jasper asked Enzo, who nodded.
"After soccer practice. I'll drop you off at home and then, I'm going to work."
"Alright cool."
"Who has math as the first class of the day? Oh right me! Who has the worst teacher for that same class? Again, me," Laurent complained once the other four got to Jasper's locker.
"Baby, you'll be fine," Jasper hugged Laurent close. Laurent smiled and pushed Jasper away.
"Fuck you, Miller. You too, Evans," Laurent stuck his middle finger at both of them.
"I didn't say anything," Celestino argued.
"You were thinking about it!"
"Was not! I was thinking about chocolate and what movie I'm watching instead of doing homework."
"And this is why you are failing school," Enzo joked, ruffling Celestino's hair and walking to Food & Nutrition class with Jasper.
"How did Enzo and Jasper end up with a great first-period class and we get stuck with the shitty classes," Giovanni asked, muttering with his head deep in his locker.
"Gio, come on! I would much rather us not upset Mrs. Carter," Laurent whined. Celestino and Giovanni laughed at their friend.
"We still have 25 minutes until class starts. We can chill somewhere," Giovanni pat Laurent's back.
"You know, my first class isn't too far from Carter's class. I can come chill in her room with you," Celestino suggested.
"Yay! Let's go, my friends, to Carter's class," Laurent dragged his two friends with him to the classroom. They passed Alex, Caspian, and George on their way there. All three of them were standing at Caspian's locker.
"God, I need a boyfriend," Caspian moaned as he closed the locker.
"One of these losers would pay to be your boyfriend, Cas," George pointed around the crowded hallway.
"Unlike you two meatheads, three including Nick, I want my relationships to be natural. I meet him, we talk for a few weeks, I like him, he likes me, and then BAM, we're dating!"
"Meatheads? What are we in, 6th grade," Alex chuckled.
"You have the mental capacity of a 6th grader, Alex," Caspian fired back.
"Why thank you, Caspian," Alex mock bowed. George laughed at his friend while Caspian just opted to roll his eyes at the German.
"Fuck you, assholes. Come on, let's get to our English class."
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Giovanni was walking into his third period, Math class, when he automatically notices that Nick and George are sitting on either side of where he sits. Jasper, who walks in behind him, notices it as well and snickers. He goes to sit at his seat behind Giovanni's and next to Oliver's usual seat.
"Don't you two have back seats to sit at? Why are you sitting here?"
"Oh, D'Angelo, we can sit wherever we want. There are no assigned seats here. Besides, Georgie here needs to sit close to the front to see the board," Nick replied, not even looking up from his phone. George didn't say anything but he did blow a bubble with his gum.
"God, it is still too early to be dealing with you two," Gio groaned and sat down between them. He felt his phone buzz in his pocket but chose to ignore it. Instead, he took his math journal out and his weekly planner. His pencil fell onto the floor and when he went to pick it up, Gio saw Nick look at him quickly before going back to typing on his phone.
"Clumsy oaf," Nick muttered.
"Lazy ass," Gio snarled. Unknownst to the duo, behind them, Oliver and Jasper were rolling their eyes at them.
"Sexual tension," Oliver mouthed to Jasper. The latter stifled a laugh and nodded in agreement.
"Alright, class! Let's start with an exercise that you can expect every other week on Thursday. We are doing this exercise today, on a Wednesday because I want to make sure you all understand it. I need volunteers to come up to the board," their math teacher looked around the classroom. Giovanni and Nick both put their hands in the air rocket fast. Oliver and George exchanged knowing looks.
"This is going to be good," Jasper mumbled to himself, taking notes on how to solve the math problems.
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"Oh god, so Gio rushed through the math problems and still managed to get them right and Nicholas took his time and got them wrong? What the actual fuck?" Celestino looked between Nick's back and Gio.
"Yep. It was hilarious when Gio realized what had happened. His face paled and then lit up like a child on Christmas Day. He was basically hopping after class," Jasper recounted. The others laughed at the now blushing Giovanni.
"DAMN IT," was suddenly heard from near the table next to them. They looked over and saw Caspian and Laurent were standing next to each other and facing the door. Enzo looked over at Alex, who raised an eyebrow and nodded over to the standing duo. Enzo shook his head in disagreement.
"Are they having a civil conversation with no words," Celestino asked Giovanni, who nodded mutely.
"The key is clearly to keep them at different tables and make sure they communicate with looks," Jasper whispered. The trio watched as Enzo and Alex simultaneously stood up and walked to Caspian and Laurent.
As soon as he saw Alex coming towards them, Caspian pulled Laurent closer to him. Enzo was coming up behind Laurent when he caught sight of a blond mop on the floor. He groaned and pulled Laurent and Caspian away from the angry blond on the floor and furious German towering over him.
"Blake Hunter, whatever are you doing on the ground?" Alex sneered, looking down at the Sophomore, who really enjoyed causing more trouble for the two groups.
"Your bastard lap dog tried to be a guard dog. He punched me!"
"You probably deserved it," Alex growled. He felt a hand touch his abdomen and snarled at the person. Enzo took Nick's distraction to step between Blake and Alex. Behind the four, Giovanni was keeping Celestino and George away from them. They all had bad blood with Blake but there was no in all hell that Alex, Celestino, and George were going to get in trouble for something this petty.
"Hunter, go before Gio and I decide to release the hounds on you. Don't even think about coming near us again," Enzo glared at the now standing Blake. Once he was out of sight, everyone released their breaths and Nick worked on getting the audience dispersed before a teacher came.
"Marinelli, don't do that again!"
"And just let you get in trouble for starting a stupid fight over something small and absolutely not worth it? Yeah, okay, I'll do that next time!" Enzo huffed and stormed away. His friends followed after him, leaving some space between them and the Italian.
"This tension is so thick, I need a steak knife to cut it," Oliver whined from his seat on a cafeteria table.
"Come on, boys. We have a free period and I want to smoke something," Nick pulled Oliver and George behind him as he walked out.
"Blake lied. It wasn't me who punched him. It was Laurent and it was in retaliation to him calling me your fucking lap dog," Caspian whispered as he walked past Alex. Alex, now open-mouthed in shock, looked at where the other group had walked off. He tried to get words out but apparently, his mouth had stopped working. "Don't hurt yourself trying to come up with something to say." Alex groaned and pushed Caspian away playfully, causing the other teen to break into a fit of laughter. They walked side-by-side to their spot outside the school.
There's a rule about going outside during the day. Only seniors and juniors are allowed outside the school. They can sit outside for lunch or leave the premises for lunch. However, they are required to keep their student IDs with them in case a security officer wants to check. Normally, no one checked because these officers have zero patience with the teenagers. There is always one of those new officers that follow the rules to the T and to say it's annoying would be an understatement.
"Officer Asshole just came by. Be glad that you missed him," Nick said, pulling a cigarette out of his pocket. George threw him the lighter. Alex and Caspian rolled their eyes simultaneously.
"Can't we complain to the principal or someone that he's terrible and they should fire him?"
"Unfortunately, Cas, the principal thinks he's an absolute angel," George said, making his English accent stronger.
"He's your father, for Christ's sake! Do something about it!" Oliver threw his cigarette to the ground with a face of disgust.
"He doesn't listen to me. Never has and never will," George took a drag. A man came up to the teens and looked around.
"I'm looking for Lorenzo Marinelli. Where can I find him," the man asked, with an authoritative voice. They looked at each other in confusion before Alex looked back at the mysterious man.